1956 novels

1956 novel by Yukio Mishima

1956 novel by Junichiro Tanizaki

1956 novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1956-1957 Three books by Nagib Mahfuz

1956 novel by Jin Yong

1956 novel by Heimito von Doderer

1956 novel by Nagib Mahfuz

1956 novel by Agnar Mykle

Nedjma is a novel written by Kateb Yacine and published in 1956. It tells the story of four young men (Mustapha, Lakhdar, Rachid, Mourad) who fall in love with Nedjma, daughter of an Algerian and a French woman, during the French colonization of Algeria. It is set in the east of Algeria, with most of the action taking place in the region around Constantine and Annaba (referred to by its French name, Bône, in the text).